Have Seattle drivers gotten worse since the pandemic? A driving instructor weighs in with some context.
Is it just me, or have drivers gotten worse over the pandemic? That’s the perception from a lot of people, now that more of us are on the roads again.I think we all noticed a difference during the height of the pandemic when the roads were wide open. Speeding was way up. It was like drivers were just ready to take advantage of open lanes to open up their engines. I have noticed that my speeds have gone up, just to match the traffic, and I’m still getting blown by.
Frank McCahill has been a 911 Driving School instructor for a decade, a second career after a lifetime as a police officer. He noticed the speeding, but he doesn’t think drivers have gotten worse. He also doesn’t think the lack of driving during the pandemic has made much of a difference either. For McCahill, it’s the aggressiveness and the lack of common courtesy on the roads that he has noticed, and that started before the pandemic.“You’ll see that aggressive driving coming up on your right at a high rate of speed, and you know when he gets up to you he’s going to dart in front of you,” McCahill said. “A lot of people would tend to pick up their speed and block him in. Now, you’ve just created a road rage situation. Back off your gas and let him go. Just let him go.
McCahill said you have to resist the urge to engage that driver. Don’t speed up. Don’t switch lanes to get in front of that driver. It’s just not worth it, and it’s not your job to police the behavior of other drivers anyway. “People will put out a gun and shoot at you for the stupidest thing now,” he said. “You honk your horn. You flash your lights. Just let them go.”
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